5 months!

SLEEP:

You most definitely have went through what I hear is called the 4 month wakeful. You have always been such a great little sleeper...but it seems over the past month you have had a bit of a regression. Bedtime is around 9 and you have only been sleeping until about 2:30am where before you were sleeping straight through to your feed around 5am. So I go in an put your binks back in and turn your music mobile one & off you go back to sleep until around 4 when you wake to eat. 

Naps too have been hit by the 4 month monster, as mommy calls it. You are still taking around 3 a day but sometimes you decided 45 minutes of sleep is all you want but then you are tired again very shortly after. So, some days you get a little extra nap.

You love your swaddle and your binks. Not sure if you would ever fall asleep on your own without them. ;o)

Daily Routine:

You wake up and breastfeed in mornings around 9. Then it's time for a "clean booty" as we say, and we get you dressed for the day. Then you play on your birdie mat while mommy usually hops in the shower. Some days you hang out in the bathroom with mommy while she get's ready for the day if we have somewhere go. You take after mommy & daddy and are not a morning person. Some mornings you get pretty cranky and we barely fit in some tummy time and a book before nap. You usually will take about 1.5 hr morning nap around 11. Then it's time for another feed and then some playtime in the playroom, living, room, kitchen. You love you doorway jumper & so does mommy! I an get lot's done while you "jump" away. You haven't quite mastered jumping but you love to hang there & spin around! Some days we meet friends out, run errands with daddy, or go to playgroup. Mommy cannot wait to add walks outside to our routine, when the weather gets nice!! You take another nap around 2:30 followed by another feed and more playtime! In the early evening mommy has been introducing some cereal before your last nap which is around 5. Bath & bed around 9 or 930. 

FOOD:

I am so very happy that I have exclusively breast-fed you up until this month when I started introducing a small amount of cereal . This is a huge accomplishment for mommy...as we had some latching issues in the beginning. You eat ever 3.5 hours during the day. If I pump and give you a bottle you eat aroun 5oz. We are going to introduce just a few baby foods and then move on to baby-led weaning aka you feeding yourself table food. We are just waiting for you to get the skills. You do pretty well already!! 

Stats:

At birth:  Weigjt 8lbs 9oz length: 20 inches long

2 weeks: 8 lbs 10oz

2 months: 13lbs 1oz (90th%)22 1/2in long(50th%) head measured 15 1/4 inches (50th%)

3 months: 13bs 3oz

4 months: 15lbs 1.6oz (75%) 25 1/2in long (85%) Head 15 23/4 (20%)
5 months: Weight 15 lbs 3 oz

Clothes Size:

Mostly 3-6 months. Some stuff is 6-9 but a bit big.
Size 3 diapers when wearing sposies. 

Hair Color:

At birth: red

Currently: red, and sporting bald patches


Eye color:

At birth: blue/gray

5 months: blue/gray/some green in there

Funniest moment:

You make this "monkey face" that everyone just adores! You puff your cheeks, stick out your tongue, and cross your eyes! It is just too funny! 

Milestone:

You are rolling over. Not all the time but you have done it several times!

You found your feet!

You love to “stand” with the help of mommy and daddy

Your favorite toy:

You love your seahorse and your caterpillar, those are usually in your carseat. You also love your little pooh rattle and pretty much anything you can stick in your mouth!

Firsts:

*1st birthday party (cousin Brayden's 1st birthday party) on Saturday 2.12 

* 1st taste of chocolate cake & napolean ice cream (hey what's a party without some cake?!)

*1st baby cereal 2.16

*1st taste of celerey 2.19 (mommy let me gnaw on a big piece)

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